To Understand the Effects of Genes on Physical Characteristics and Behavior

question 40

Essay

To understand the effects of genes on physical characteristics and behavior, one has to understand the difference between dominant and recessive genes. Define the terms "dominant" and "recessive" in terms of genes. Based on your understanding of genetics, state what color eyes you would have if you had one gene for brown eyes and one gene for blue eyes and explain why?

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Definitions:

Indian Removal

The 19th-century policy initiated by the U.S. government aimed at relocating Native American tribes from their ancestral homelands in the Southeast to territories west of the Mississippi River.

Trail of Tears

The forced relocations of Native American nations from their ancestral homelands in the Southeastern United States to areas west of the Mississippi River during the 1830s.

Cotton Cultivation

The agricultural process of growing cotton plants for their fibers, which are harvested and processed to make textile products.

Second Bank

A federal institution that served as the United States' central bank from 1816 to 1836, succeeding the First Bank of the United States.